WiFi extender needed for residence?


Can this actually improve sound quality?  They're very reasonable on Amazon.  I've seen some priced at less than $30.  I'm not experiencing dead spots but I noticed that while streaming Tidal it will mysteriously stop at times. My residence is pretty small (1300 to 1400 sf).  I'm going thru two walls to reach my Bluetooth receiver.  thanks.
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Extenders actually cut the bandwidth being served by half, so you might get extended coverage, but only half the speed. The better thing to do is buy a decent wireless access point and connect that to your router, and either disable the router’s internal access point or set it to a different channel range. 

I have a 3000 sq ft house and one Cisco Small Business WAP4410N that’s centrally located on my first floor. I have coverage everywhere indoors, upstairs, in the basement, outside in the yard and driveway and on the back deck.